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2014-04-07 House Journal
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Full Journal pdf2014-04-07 House Journal Page 2239 Nays: Austerman, Chenault, Costello, Edgmon, Feige, Gattis, Herron, Higgins, Hughes, Isaacson, Johnson, Keller, Millett, Munoz, Nageak, Neuman, Olson, Pruitt, Reinbold, Saddler, Seaton, Stoltze, Thompson, P.Wilson, T.Wilson And so, Amendment No. 3 was not adopted. Amendment No. 4 was offered by Representatives Nageak and Guttenberg: Page 1, line 5, following "assessments;" (title amendment): Insert "providing for public school funding for Internet services;" Page 5, following line 26: Insert a new bill section to read: "* Sec. 7. AS 14.03 is amended by adding a new section to read: Sec. 14.03.127. Funding for Internet services. (a) A district in which one or more schools qualify for a discounted rate for Internet services under the federal universal services program is eligible to receive a base amount that is equal to the applicant's share for each school of the Internet services for fiscal year 2015. (b) Each fiscal year beginning in fiscal year 2016, in addition to the base amount paid under (a) of this section, a district is eligible to receive an adjustment to the base amount for each school that is equal to the amount needed to bring the base amount up to the applicant's share for 10 megabits of download a second of the Internet services. (c) If insufficient funding is appropriated to provide funding authorized under (a) and (b) of this section, the state share shall be distributed pro rata to eligible school districts. (d) In this section, (1) "applicant's share" means the difference between the cost of Internet services that are eligible for the discount under the federal universal services program and the discount received for those services under the federal universal services program; (2) "federal universal services program" means the program established in 47 U.S.C. 254 and regulations implementing that section."